Spring 2002 Working Papers

Poverty, Race, and Inequality

WP-02-14
Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption
Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan

WP-02-15
Alone in the City? An Intellectual History of Social Isolation
Eric Klinenberg

Labor Markets and Employment

WP-02-16
Unemployment and Worker's Compensation Programs: Rationale, Design, Labor Supply, and Income Support
Bruce D. Meyer

Joint Center for Poverty Research Working Papers

January 2002
Union Formation and Stability in Fragile Families
Marcia J. Carlson, Sara McLanahan, and Paula England

January 2002
Linking Tax Refunds and Low-Cost Bank Accounts: Findings from the Extra Credit Savings Program
Sondra Gayle Beverly, Jennifer Tescher, Jennifer L. Romich, and David Marzahl

Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies

WP-02-17
The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree
Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Susan E. Mayer, Robin Tepper, and Monique R. Payne

WP-02-18
Private and Social Incentives for Fertility: Israeli Puzzles
Charles F. Manski and Joram Mayshar

Educational Policy

WP-02-19
Randomized Experiments in Education: Why Are They So Rare?
Thomas D. Cook

WP-02-20
Organizational Effects on Learning: A Conceptual Model and Research Review
James E. Rosenbaum

WP-02-21
Two Revolutions in Educational Attainment Research: Their Impact on Public Understanding and Social Policy
James E. Rosenbaum

WP-02-22
High Stakes Accountability in Urban Elementary Schools: Challenging or Reproducing Inequality?
John B. Diamond and James P. Spillane

Law and Justice Studies

WP-02-23
Lawyers for Conservative Causes: Clients, Ideology, and Social Distance
John P. Heinz, Anthony Paik, and Ann Southworth

Health Policy

WP-02-24
Antitrust Policy and Hospital Mergers: Recommendations for a New Approach
Cory S. Capps, David Dranove, Shane Greenstein, and Mark Satterthwaite

Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations

WP-02-25
The Relationship Between Pricing Behavior and Ownership Type in the Wisconsin Nursing Home Industry, 1984-1995
Jeffrey P. Ballou

WP-02-26
An Examination of the Presence of Ownership Effects in Mixed Markets
Jeffrey P. Ballou

Environmental Policy

WP-02-27
Social Movements, Field Frames, and Industry Emergence: A Cultural-Political Perspective on U.S. Recycling
Michael Lounsbury, Marc J. Ventresca, and Paul M. Hirsch